Georgian:Sounds and Writing

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ქართული ენა
Georgian
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Sub-family
Language of
Script
South Caucasian NA ka.png Georgia მხედრული (Mkhedruli)

The Georgian language uses an alphabet that's a bit different from the Latin alphabet most people who speak English are used to. Georgian has a special set of ejective letters that are pronounced with an extra push of air from your glottis.

Georgian Alphabet

The Georgian alphabet will be given in both alphabetical order and in tables representing the sounds of the letters.

ა ბ გ დ ე ვ ზ თ ი კ ლ მ ნ ო პ ჟ რ ს ტ უ ფ ქ ღ ყ შ ჩ ც ძ წ ჭ ხ ჯ ჰ

Consonants

Georgian consonants
  Labial Dental/
Alveolar
Post-
alveolar
Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal mn
Plosive aspirated
voiced bd ɡ
ejective
Affricate plain ts
voiced dz
ejective tsʼtʃʼ
Fricative voiceless sʃ xh
voiced vz ʒ ɣ
Rhotic r
Lateral l

Vowels

Vowels
Front Back
Close iu
Mid ɛɔ
Open a~ɑ
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